dbankov / mono-d

D Add-In for MonoDevelop

Mono-D is a language binding for MonoDevelop for the D Programming language.

Project site.

Few (none?) GNU/Linux distros package a new enough MonoDevelop required by Mono-D. You can download pre-built binaries built with mono3 below. Unpack to /opt/mono.

• MonoDevelop 4 GNU/Linux x86
• MonoDevelop 4 GNU/Linux x64

How to initialize Mono-D development under Linux

• Setup MonoDevelop to use /opt/mono instead of other runtimes
  • Open MonoDevelop
  • Go to Edit -> Options -> Projects tab -> .NET Runtimes
  • Enter /opt/mono as new runtime if it's not there already!
  • Select it as standard runtime
  • Now you can build Mono-D with its gtk-sharp dependencies and no Mono.Cairo conflicts
• Clone Mono-D
  • Open a terminal in your projects folder
  • git clone https://github.com/aBothe/Mono-D.git
  • cd Mono-D
  • git submodule init
  • git submodule update
• Build Mono-D
  • Open & build the main solution
  • Add symlinks from projectdir/Mono-D/bin/Debug/* to your MonoDevelop AddIns folder
    • cd /opt/mono/lib/monodevelop/AddIns
    • ln -s -d %YourProjectDirectory%/Mono-D/bin/Debug D
  • In the solution view, open the MonoDevelop.D options -> Properties -> Run -> Custom Commands
  • Choose Execute
  • Set /opt/mono/bin/monodevelop as executable
  • Working directory can be left empty
  • Confirm via OK
  • Press F5 to debug

How to initialize Mono-D development under Windows

• Clone Mono-D
  • Open a git bash in your projects folder
  • git clone https://github.com/aBothe/Mono-D.git
  • cd Mono-D
  • git submodule init
  • git submodule update
• Build Mono-D
  • Open & build the main solution inside Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio (the latter is required to do changes on Gtk#-based Option Panels etc.)
  • Add symlinks from projectdir/Mono-D/bin/Debug/* to your MonoDevelop AddIns folder
    • Run the make symlink.bat that is located inside the folder root
  • You might want to set a new default executable path to XamarinStudio.exe, but normally, this is not necessary if you've installed XS via the normal installer
  • Run & Debug Mono-D